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FREDERICK C. vPYNE, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 102,702, dated '.May 3. 1870.

.To all whom it 'may concern:

Beit known that I, FREDERICK G. PAYNE, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented 'a new and improved Sofa-Bed; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact de.- scription of the same, reference. being had to the accompanying drawings'which form part ot-'this specification.

lhis invention consists of a soi`a-bed of noveleonstruction, whereby its conversion from a sofa to abcd, or from a. bed to asofa, maybe effected without drawing it out from the wall, or without moving its feet from the posit-ion which they occupy on the floor', thereby preserving the carpet from much wear and tear', to which carpets are exposedby the use of other contrivances of similar character, and also whereby a receptacle is formed therein, in which the necessary articles of bed-clothing, used thereon while the apparatus is converted into a bed, may he stored awaj` while the apparatus is being used as a sofa.

Referring to the accornpanying drawings- .Figure l represents an end view of a sofa-bed constrncted according to my invention, when converted into a sofa.

Figure 2 represents a cross-section of' the saure, par'- ,t'ially converted into a hed..

Figure 3 represents a plan view of the .apparatus converted into a bed; and v v Figure 4 represents a. rear view ot' the same, convert-ed into a. sofa. I

Similar letters of reference indicate corjrespr'nrding parts in the several figures.'

A is a rectangular oblong,r frame, supported upon tirur legs, and forming the lower portion ot' th'e sofabed.

This trarne A has formed therein a cavity` or re ceptacle, B, for containing the` necessary articles of bed-elotlring orrotherarticles, when not in use.

-Fitted upon the top of this frame A, so as to slide laterally thereon, is a jointed mattress or double crrslrion C C', hinged together ,at 1*, and which, by being unfolded, as shown at fig; 3, serves as a. mattress while the apparatus is being used as a bed, and, by being partially doubled or folded, as shown in figs. 1 and 2, serves as the seat and back of said apparatus while it is being used asa sofa.

J ointed end pieces, D'D, are provided at each end of this mattress or cushion C C', which serve as the head and that-boards of the bed, or as the arms of the sofa.

Forgrcilitating the sliding of this hinged. mattress C C', anti-friction rollers a a are or may bepaovided thereon, and made to traverse a track or a way, d, formed on theA-top of the frame A. Said .track or way d may be downwardly inclined toward the rear of the frame A, so that, while the section G is resting directly upon the frame, but little or none o fthe weight rests upon the rollers', thereby preventing the' derangement of said section from slight causes while the apparatus is being used as a sofa, but immediately upon its being drawn forward, t-lre rollers, by advancing, arc bronghtto bear upon the surfaces of the track 1l, and, by lifting the said section C, as they ascend the said incline way, reduce the friction to that.'

caused by the rollers alone. w

Folding legs b l) are also provided near the ends and front edge of the section C of the mattress, for support of that side when it is drawn out, as `shown in figs. 2 and 3. Y

Locking spring-latches c c are provided upon the end pieces D' D' of the other section C', which, by locking into corresponding notches formed in the end pieces :U D of the section C, serve to hold the`sectiorr C in a proper position for tbrnring the back of the sofa.. f

(,for'dsf fand guide-rings g may be used for effecting a simultaneous and convenient unlocking ot" the spring latches c c, and arranged as shown in tig. 4.

lo convert the apparatus frodi a sofa. into a bed, the mattress or cushion C' C' is first drawn toi-ward, and the folding legs b b let down for its support, as shown in iig. fl. The bed-clothing contained in the receptacle ot" the fra-nre A may be their removed therel from, after which the section C', or back of the sofa, is let back by .first unlocking the latches o o, which may be done by drawing the cords ff, taking hold thereof at a point, y. l

When it is to be converted from a bed into a sofa,

the back section C is first turned upward so as to etfect the locking. of the spring latches o o into the notches formed therefor in the end pieces I) D, as shown at iig. 2. This leaves the cavity of the frame A open for the reception of the bed-clothing, after. the depositing of which therein the legs b b are folded np andthe. section pushed hack toits place upon vthe frame.

That I claim as in v invention, and desire t0 have secured by Letters Patent, is-

.1. -The sliding` jointed mattress or cnslri C C' having end pieces D D', and folding legs b b, and the oblong frame A, having a receptacle, B, combined for operation, as and for the purpose herein described.

2. The combination, with the mattress() and frame A, of the rollers a and incline way d, as and for the purpose herein set forth.

. F. C. PAYNE.

Witnesses FRED. Haynes, Y' HENRY PALMER. 

